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9/11NBA East vs. West: Win percentage in the regular season
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AI-generated image description: Scatter plot with trend line showing NBA East vs. West win percentage in the regular season from 1947 to the 2010s, with cumulative East win percentage declining over time.
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NBA East vs. West
Win percentage in the regular season
100%
75
East win %
50
Cumulative
East win %
25
0
1950 '60 '70 '80 '90 2000 '10
FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
BASED ON BASKETBALL REFERENCE DATA
Originally embedded in "The West is Better Than the East, But That Doesn’t Mean the Spurs Will Beat the Heat", an article by Carl Bialik: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-west-is-better-than-the-east-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-spurs-will-beat-the-heat/
Original source URL: https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bialik-feature-nbaeastwest0605-1.png
AI disclosure: Image descriptions and visible-text extraction were generated using Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic.
AI-extracted visible text:
NBA East vs. West
Win percentage in the regular season
100%
75
East win %
50
Cumulative
East win %
25
0
1950 '60 '70 '80 '90 2000 '10
FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
BASED ON BASKETBALL REFERENCE DATA
Originally embedded in "The West is Better Than the East, But That Doesn’t Mean the Spurs Will Beat the Heat", an article by Carl Bialik: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-west-is-better-than-the-east-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-spurs-will-beat-the-heat/
Original source URL: https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bialik-feature-nbaeastwest0605-1.png
AI disclosure: Image descriptions and visible-text extraction were generated using Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic.
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